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This video explains it very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yRDrl76d0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yRDrl76d0 Half way through the video, I underst
by FrojoS 7y ago
This video explains it very well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yRDrl76d0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yRDrl76d0
Half way through the video, I understood why it's so expensive and risky.
On the other hand, Apollo 11 had many 'firsts' that couldn't be tested before the actual mission and it worked out 'first shot'. Of course there were some problems and Apollo 13 showed that the odd's where not too good.
- eafkuor 7y agoWow, this video is mindblowing.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoHuge difference is that Apollo had highly trained human beings on board to fix things that could not be planned for. There were also 10 previous missions to Apollo 11 to work out the kinks, with one failing with loss of life. JW is not designed to be fixed or fail, nor are there training runs. It HAS to work first shot.
- petschge 7y agoRegarding the 10 missions before Apollo 11: It's a little more complicated. Apollo 1 is the name that was given to honor the astronauts who died in the pad accident. Apollo 2 and 3 didn't exists. But a whole bunch of other tests did exist testing Saturn 5 before we got to the unmanned Apollo 4, 5 and 6 tests. And starting with Apollo 7 humans were included. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions for details.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoI probably should have known this. I've read alot on Apollo, but never really internalized some of these facts.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThe really amazing thing is it took just over a year and a half to get from the first unmanned launch of a Saturn V to the moon landing.
- ethbro 7y agoPeople forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#Saturn_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V#Saturn_development They've got a Saturn IB at an Alabama rest stop outside of Huntsville. Surprisingly small, but still towers above you!
- DuskStar 7y ago> People forget there was an entire series leading up to the Saturn V Well, sooorta. The Saturn V was the third in that series, after the Saturn I and Saturn IB. [0] While there were proposed intermediate Saturns (and ones past V, too) only two first stages were developed, and the V was the only launcher to fly with the F-1 engine. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)
- sanxiyn 7y agoApollo is probably the wrong thing to compare with, but sky crane did work first shot.
- FrojoS 7y agoYou are right! Sky crane still blows my mind!